In a recent Tweet via his official Twitter, Chester shared his perspective on the new Linkin Park record towards a fan.
"I myself. Promise that the new LP is f***ing insane. Complex. Heavy without metal. Strong hiphop. Mix HT and M2M. Melodic"
This should be taken with a grain of salt, but if the album is anything like he describes, this should be a really exciting insight to what we can expect from the new Linkin Park album.
In response to several fan comments on his blog, Mike Shinoda cleared the air about the decision to release the album in late 2010, along with some insight into the current recording process:
"I appreciate your concern. I have two comments, to help give you some insight into our process. First, we don’t know when the album is coming out; we are recording constantly and doing everything we can to make a great record (ready for release in 2010). We have some new, special ideas for this release, and those ideas have delayed it slightly–but not into 2011.
Secondly, I said we’d “release music more often,” not “albums”…between the DBS record, “New Divide,” “Not Alone,” the tracks I’ve done with other artists (Metric, Lupe, Kenna, Cypress Hill, Apathy, etc.), the iPhone game and song, and any other unforeseen things that might happen before the album release, I think we’ve proven that statement to be very true."
In a recent interview with MTV at their recent appearance at the grammys, Mike Shinoda has confirmed that the 4th Linkin Park album will be out towards the end of the year:
"Toward the end of the year, we're going to have a new record out...It's produced by myself and Rick Rubin."
The band, who lost out to AC/DC in the 'best hard rock performance' category at the grammys, have promised their most unique and diverse album yet. Stay tuned to the new and improved Linkin Park Association for more updates on the new album!
Linkin Park emcee, Mike Shinoda happened to drop by The Roots' gig in LA last night and joined them on stage for a short jam session. Check out Mike Shinoda's blog for a short video of Mike performing.
Mike recently updated his blog stating he has released an iGoogle theme that users can use to customize their google home page.
"I started using iGoogle a few months ago, and I think it’s great. It’s a customizable home page, where you can just get the updates you want to get when you open your computer, like CNN top news, Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube top videos."
It's a design that is inspired by Shinoda's art work from his "Glorious Excess (Dies)" collection. Go here to add this theme to your google page!
Welcome To LPA 4.0!
Hello everybody, and welcome to version 4 of The Linkin Park Association! When we first began work on Version 4 of this site back in the late summer of 2009, we knew we had our work cut out for us, and that the fourth version of the LPA needed to be more than just a simple re-skin of the site and forums. With 2009 coming to an end, and with us going into our eighth year of service to the Linkin Park fan community, we knew we had to make sure that the next version was something special, and out of that mentality and determination LPA4 was born.
In many ways we consider LPA4 to be the best version of the site since we launched back in 2002. For starters, looking around our front page at http://www.lpassociation.com, you may happen to notice several improvements or changes to the website over it's previous iteration. These changes were done not only to make the website feel more fresh and easy to navigate, but also with the intent of making LPA a one stop source for all Linkin Park news and information.
For instance:
- New Easier To Use Music Section: Previously, when clicking on "Music" in LPA3 you were greeted with a very long drop down menu, that listed all albums the band has made to date, with our discography being at the very bottom and hard to find. Many people were unaware that we actually had a main "music" section that you could access with LPA3, and with LPA4 we made it our goal to make it easier for you to find all the album information you need. As a result, the new Music section is now divided into three sections.
- Releases: In Releases, albums are now sorted by "Official Releases", "Demos, Eps, Etc", and "Singles". By clicking on an album cover, you will be taken right to that album's individual page, where you can find interesting information on each album, as well as read lyrics and view scans of the each album's packaging. For the first time since the site's conception we now have information on Pre-Linkin Park releases (Sean Dowdell and His Friends, Grey Daze, The Snax) as well as information on the side projects (Dead By Sunrise and Fort Minor) as well.
- Discography: Although already very detailed, we have now updated our already popular LPA discography to include the latest releases (Download To Donate/Transformers 2 Soundtrack), as well as to include thumbnails of many album covers to serve as a resource for all Linkin Park collectors. Although some releases do not currently have covers posted, it is our goal over time to have the entire discography filled with images, and that is something we will be concentrating on in the months ahead.
- All Songs: Lastly, with LPA4 we are introducing a brand new section called "All Songs". In All Songs, we have listed every song attributed to the band (Including Pre-Linkin Park work) in alphabetical format. With this new section you can instantly find lyrics/tabs [if applicable] on every song and confirm if that 'amazing song you heard on limewire!' is actually a Linkin Park song or just a mislabeled fake.
- New Gallery: One of the largest and most impressive improvements we have made with this new version is our brand new gallery where we added 4,000+ new files bringing the gallery total to over 7,500 new images. Some additions include...
- Exclusive Blu-Ray Screenshots: With LPA4, we are the first Linkin Park fansite on the internet to have high resolution (1080p) screen shots of Road To Revolution, New Divide and Chester's appearances in Crank 1 and Crank 2.
- Large screenshots of every DVD/Music Video Release to date (including Reanimation, Fort Minor and Dead By Sunrise)
- High Resolution official photographs of Fort Minor, Linkin Park and Dead By Sunrise
- Scans of all major Linkin Park releases; as well as The Snax, Grey Daze and Xero and more
- Redesigned Tour Section/New Live Outreach: We have redesigned our Tour section to be easier to view as well as to list every Linkin Park/Fort Minor/Dead By Sunrise show to date. Cleverly displayed through the use of google maps, this list is arranged by year, and users wishing to find dates in their country can do so by simply typing their location into the search form on the tour section itself. Also, for the first time since the forums have been around, the LPA will now be allowing Linkin Park/Fort Minor/DBS bootlegs, officially released DSPs and fan videos to be posted on our forums for download, in order to make LPA a more enjoyable community.
Speaking of...
- New Forum Design, Rules And Experience: With LPA4, we knew that we could not just simply re-think the site, and re-skin the forums without making some well needed changes. Therefore, affective immediately the LPA Forums will now have a new set of easier to follow, more lenient rules which can be found here. Many of these rule changes were made with our visitors in mind, and we believe that fans will respond greatly to the changes and find our community more enjoyable to be on than ever before. We've also listened to your concerns and have designed a much wider forum design than we had in LPA3, eliminating many of the forum stretching issues that we encountered in the previous release. Also, with our new forum software: vBulletin 4 you can now post videos from all major video sharing sites including Vimeo, Facebook and Youtube!
- LPA Mobile: LPA has now been adapted to be 100% mobile compatible on most mobile phones. By going to lpassociation.com through your cell phone's internet browser, you can now view our site as well as post to our forums in a convenient and easy to read mobile skin.
- And of course there is much much more...
So what're you waiting for? Head on over to www.lpassociation.com now and enjoy all of the brand new features we have in store. Don't forget to view the "LPA" section to meet the staff/read the site's history, and be sure to check the Downloads section where we now have mp3s to download as well as large wallpapers/avatars made by our very own staff.
Or if you're feeling chatty...feel free to enjoy our brand new forum design and discuss it with our busy community right here on these forums!
A Few Notes:
- The LPA now is fully social network integrated, and can be found on Facebook, Last.FM, Twitter, Youtube and Ning via our "Community" menu.
- Luke has been added on as a full LPA team member to help out with the new site (CONGRATULATIONS LUKE!)
- Bug issues/site suggestions can be reported through the contact us link under "LPA" in the top menu.
- And of course: LPA R0x0rz.
Best Regards,
The Linkin Park Association Staff
Shall you have missed Mike and Brad's appearance on Loveline last night, our very own forum member DisturbedThoughts has taken the time to record the show and split it into 5 parts for all of you to enjoy.
Part 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?ooy222hzjny
Part 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?15zhamjtx13
Part 3
http://www.mediafire.com/?qqyfdzzytyz
Part 4
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymjyoajzwnj
Part 5
http://www.mediafire.com/?rkt1amyzgye
If you have trouble downloading the file, come back later tonight as we will have it uploaded in full to our servers. Enjoy!
Mike Shinoda will once again be joing Dr. Drew Pinsky and co. on KROQ Radio's Loveline tomorrow evening. Mike will be on air from 10PM PCT and it is widely expected that he will be discussing matters such as the Download To Donate for Haiti program and the new album as well as the usual Loveline phone-in topics.
UPDATE: According to lpunderground, it now seems Brad Delson will be appearing along side Mike on the show too.
Be sure to tune in tomorrow (01.28.10) to 106.7FM!
As quoted from Mike's recent blog post:
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"Our new game, available for the iPhone and iPod touch, will be out soon. We’ve pushed the release back a few weeks because we’re testing the game. In fact, I’m playing the game right now, making sure everything looks good. So far, there are still some minor changes to make…and I’m taking notes. We don’t want to release it until all we’ve addressed as many issues as we can!
Also, many of you have asked about the game being available for other platforms, since you don’t all have iPods (although Steve Jobs is hoping you will reconsider, ha). We’re hoping to get it out for other mobile platforms after it debuts with Apple. No word on that yet; it may take a while. For now, it will only be available on iPod and iPod touch.
Lastly, let there be no confusion: the song we released for DOWNLOAD TO DONATE is not the same song as the one on the game. The song on the game is ANOTHER brand new Linkin Park song."
How cool is that? I'm sure it will be worth the wait. More updates coming soon! Stay tuned.
For those of you who didn't get to access the beta, the new version of the official Linkin Park website is now up and running! Head on over to linkinpark.com to check it out and for a video from Mike giving you the run down on some of the new changes.
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After months of hard work, The Linkin Park Association is proud to present LPA 4.0. Read about the many changes we've made to make the site better for you.
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Read and/or listen to our exclusive interview with bassist David "Phoenix" Farrell, featuring a shoutout to the site from Dave himself.
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Download The Rosewood Fall's discography, hosted by permission of Jim Roach (former bandmate of Dave in The Snax) exclusively on LPAssociation.com.
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